Research Article
Knowledge about Diabetes and Glycemic Control among Diabetic Patients in Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Patient demographic characteristics.
| Variables | Percentage |
| Gender | | Male | 53.1% | Female | 46.9% | Nationality | | Saudi | 98.5% | Non-Saudi | 1.3% | Data unavailable | 0.2% | Age | | 23-30 years | 1.8% | 31-40 years | 10.1% | 41-50 years | 22.1% | 51-60 years | 39.5% | 61-70 years | 16.4% | 71-80 years | 10.1% | Marital status | | Married | 93.3% | Single | 6.7% | Family history | | Present | 71.9% | Absent | 28.1% | Education | | Primary level | 29.2% | Intermediate level | 16.8% | Secondary level | 27.1% | College degree | 26.9% | Employment type | | Government sector | 23.9% | Private sector | 3.2% | Self-employment/business | 0.4% | Retired | 38.9% | Nonworking | 33.6% |
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